I am excited to hear your feedback on the IMf.  It wasn't in boom?   Crazy
fun wishes your way!!

On Tue, Sep 15, 2020, 3:23 PM Jesse Shumaker <jesse.laten.shumaker at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Jeanneau 379.  Definitely bigger than what we need, and a couple of steps
> up from the Jeanneau 33 that we chartered in Apostle Islands, but that is
> what is available on short notice.  We'll have some family on board, one of
> which is a sailor out of Traverse City so that will be helpful.  I'm
> curious to try the IMF on a larger boat.  Our itinerary will depend on
> weather conditions.
>
> Jesse Shumaker
> S/V Zephyr
>
> On Tue, Sep 15, 2020 at 2:41 PM Tom Van Heule <
> tom.vanheule at intrinsicprograms.com> wrote:
>
> > What are you chartering?
> >
> > I spent 20+ years in west michigan.  Beautiful.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Sep 13, 2020, 6:05 PM Jesse Shumaker <
> > jesse.laten.shumaker at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > My wife and I had sailing plans out west, but that has been rescheduled
> > due
> > > to the wildfires and resulting air quality.  I really feel bad for
> > > everyone affected by that on top of everything else delivered by this
> > crazy
> > > year of 2020.
> > >
> > > We swiftly changed plans and will be chartering a sailboat out of
> > Traverse
> > > City, Michigan
> > > later this month.  We're actually going to be up there again in the
> > middle
> > > of next summer.  We have some family nearby that will be joining us on
> > > board for part of the trip.  For this round we plan on spending most of
> > the
> > > time within Grand Traverse Bay and going as far North as Charlevoix or
> > > possibly Harbor Point in Little Traverse Bay.  Next summer we would
> like
> > to
> > > make it over to Beaver Island if weather permits.
> > >
> > > For the first day, we're going to hire a captain and practice docking
> and
> > > other boat handling since this will be a bigger boat for us.  We had to
> > go
> > > with what was available on short notice but end of season discounts
> help.
> > > It has IMF so it will be interesting to try that on a bigger boat.
> > >
> > > Tentative plan:
> > > Thursday  9/24 1 Captain - spend the night at Elmwood Marina in
> Traverse
> > > City
> > > Friday    9/25 2 Power Island & Sutton's Bay
> > > Saturday  9/26 3 Northport / Old Mission Bay
> > > Sunday    9/27 4 Charleviox / Harbor Point in Little Traverse Bay
> > > Monday    9/28 5 Omena Bay / Ingalls Bay
> > > Tuesday   9/29 6 Elk Rapids / Old Mission
> > > Wednesday 9/30 7 Return to Traverse City
> > >
> > > Would anyone on the list happen to be familiar with the area and have
> any
> > > recommendations?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Jesse Shumaker
> > > S/V Zephyr
> > >
> >
>